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1940 Map of Port Gamble

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Port Gamble
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

Port Gamble stands as a primary maritime hub on this 1940 tactical survey, positioned at the mouth of Port Gamble Bay where it meets the Hood Canal. This era of the Kitsap Peninsula is defined by a dense network of waterborne transit, with numerous vessel routes including the Port Gamble-Shine Auto Ferry and the Kingston-Edmonds Ferry connecting isolated coastal settlements. The landscape transitions from the developed mill town at Port Gamble to the more rural interior, where Beaver Valley Sch and small communities like Eglon and Lofall are linked by early motor roads.

To the east, the Port Madison Indian Reservation occupies the northern shores of Miller Bay, while key navigational aids like the Point No Point Lighthouse and Port Gamble Outer Light mark the treacherous points of Admiralty Inlet. The topography is intricately detailed through five-lens aerial photography, showing the relationship between protected harbors like Mats Mats Bay and the high bluffs of Double Bluff on nearby Whidbey Island.